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Amer Skeiker Thesis NOHA Challenging Gender Roles within Humanitarian Crisis: Predominant Patriarchal Structures before the Humanitarian Crisis and its Relation to the Identity and Experiences of Women refugees during and after the Humanitarian Crisis. A Case Study of Syria. Written by: Amer Skeiker Supervised by: Lisbeth Larsson Lidén NOHA International Masters in Humanitarian Action Uppsala University, Sweden December: 2015 1 This thesis is submitted for obtaining the Master’s Degree in International Humanitarian Action. By submitting the thesis, the author certifies that the text is from his/her hand, does not include the work of someone else unless clearly indicated, and that the thesis has been produced in accordance with proper academic practices. 2 Abstract One purpose of this study is to examine how predominant patriarchal practices can affect the experiences of women refugees. This study also examines how the gender roles and patriarchal practices may change during a conflict. A theoretical framework was constructed to examine the patriarchal practices through radical feminism approach. Also, possible ways of social change within a conflict is examined. Empirically, the Syrian conflict is selected for the case study. In order to answer the research questions, 26 semi-structured interviews were conducted to track any possible social change in the patriarchal practices in Syria during the conflict in comparison to before the conflict. The main two findings of this study are that a change did occur in the patriarchal practices in which women did achieve more freedom and more independence during the conflict in Syria. However, there were increased patriarchal practices when women became refugees outside Syria, in which there was less freedom and less independence for Syrian women, especially the less educated women. 3 Table of Contents List of Abbreviations…………………………………………………………………………..……………6 Chapter One: Introduction and Research Process ……………………………………………………..……7 1.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………….....7 1.2 Research Process………………………………………………………………………………..……...8 1.2.1 Research Problem…………………………………………………………………..……8 1.2.2 Aim and Research Objectives……………………………………………………….…..9 1.2.3 Research Questions………………………………………………………………….…..9 1.2.4 Research Justifications and its Relevance to Humanitarian Field…………………..….10 1.2.5 Methodology……………………………………………...……………………….…...10 - Sampling Procedures…………………………………………………………...….10 - Interview Procedures…………………………………………………………..…..11 - Research Ethics……………………………………………………………………11 - Analysis of the Interviews………………………………………………….….…..12 1.2.6 Research Limitations……………………………………………………………..….....12 1.2.7 Research Review…………………………………………………………………..…...13 1.2.8 Research Outline……………………………………………………………...…….….13 Chapter Two: Theoretical Framework on Feminist Theory, Gender roles, Social Dynamics and the Humanitarian Field ………………………………………………………………………………….….….15 2.1 Definitions……………………………………………………………………………………...….…..15 2.2 Humanitarian Projects and Development Projects………………………………………………….....15 2.3 Patriarchy and the Feminist Theory……………………………………………………………….…..16 2.4 The Idea of the “Passive Woman” and Decision Making………………………………………...…...18 2.5 The Humanitarian Field and the Patriarchal Practices………………………………………….……..19 2.6 Pre-Crisis Patriarchal Practices and its Effects on the Social Dynamics during Crisis…………….…21 2.7 Incorporating Gender into the Humanitarian Field……………………………..…………………..…22 2.8 Women refugees and Integration……………………………………………………………......…….24 2.9 Chapter Conclusion…………………………………………………………………..………………..26 Chapter Three: Gender and Patriarchal Practices before the Arab Spring …………………………….......28 3.1 Examining Patriarchy before the Arabic Spring in the Arab World……………………….....……….28 3.2 Gender and Patriarchal Practices during the Arabic Spring……………………..…………………….30 3.3 Chapter Conclusion…………………………………………..……………………………………..…32 The Empirical Part Chapter Four: Background about the Conflict in Syria and the Syrian Women within the Crisis ……..…34 4 4.1 Background about the Conflict in Syria………………………………..……………………….……..34 4.2 Women Participation and Feminist Organizations in Syria………………………………….…..……36 4.3 Chapter Conclusion……………………………………………………..……………….…………….38 Chapter Five: Research Finding ………………………………………………………..……….…………39 5.1 Introduction…………………………………………………………….…………………...…………40 5.2 Part One of the Interviews: Syrian Women before the War Inside of Syria…………………....……..41 5.2.1 Daily Challenges………………………………………………………..……….…………41 5.2.2 Patriarchal Practices……………………………………………………..…………………43 5.2.3 Participation in the Social and Political Life…………………………………..….……….45 5.3 Part Two of the Interviews: Syrian Women during the War Inside of Syria……………….……..…..46 5.3.1 Daily Challenges…………………………………………………………..……………….46 5.3.2 Patriarchal Practices………………………………………………………………..…..…..48 5.3.3 Positioning of Syrian Woman in the Social and Political Participation…………….…...49 5.4 Part Three of the Interviews: The Experiences of Syrian Women as Refugees Outside of Syria….…49 5.4.1 Patriarchal Practices among the Refugees in Al Za’atri Camp in Jordan………….....……49 5.4.2 Patriarchal Practices among Refugees in Turkey……………………………………….....51 5.4.3 Interaction with Humanitarian Organizations………………….………..……...………....52 5.4.4 Integration in Sweden……………………………….…..…………………………..…..…53 5.5 Answering the Research Questions…………………………………………..………………….…..54 5.5.1 Answering the First Research Question…………………………………………...…....…54 5.5.2 Answering the Second Research Question…………………………………..…...……....55 5.5.3 Answering the Third Research Question………………………………………..….…….56 Chapter Six: Conclusion ………………………………………………………….……………………….57 References……………………………………………….…………………………………………….…..59 Appendix A………………………………………………………………….…………………………….66 Appendix B……………………………………………………………………………….……………….67 Appendix C………………………………………………………………………………………………..68 Appendix D…………………………………………………………………………………….………….70 Appendix E…………………………………………………………………………………………..…….72 5 List of Abbreviations - CARE Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere - CBS Central Bureau of Statistics - Syria - ECHO European Community Humanitarian aid Office - FSA Free Syrian Army - IDP Internally Displaced People - IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescents Societies - IRC International Rescue Committee - ISIS Islamic State in Iraq and Syria - M & E Monitoring And Evaluation - MENA Middle East and Northern Africa - NDA National Defense Army - SFI Svenska För Invandrare - UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities - UNRWA United Nations Relief and Work Agency 6 Chapter One: Introduction and Research Process 1.3 Introduction Syria has been subjected to the dictatorship of the Ba’ath party since 1963, and has suffered under the Assad family dictatorship since 1970. This dictatorship did not only confiscate people’s political freedom or people’s right to participate in the political life, but also greatly impacted the social and economic life of people. With the start of the Arab Spring in December 2010, people in Syria felt that they had the rights and justifications to start demonstrating against the Assad regime. The demonstrations started in March 2011 and as emphasized by Kilo (2013) the Syrian revolution was never only about the creation of a democratic system. It was also about students aspiring for better education, poor people seeking opportunity in life, and women playing more of a central role in the society. This thesis encompasses social change and gender. It focuses on Syrian women, as both Syrian citizens participating in the social and economic development, and as Syrian refugees who are trying to formulate to themselves an identity. It is assumed in this thesis that the humanitarian field does not only cover short term relief programs, but it also covers long term development programs. The humanitarian field is wider and more complicated than only short term relief programs. Many crises and disasters run on the long term, also, many programs continue after the crises and the disaster itself, such as reconciliation programs. Usually these long term humanitarian programs have a long- term effect on the people and the societies benefiting from these programs. This long term effect should force the humanitarian field to address the development impact on the society. Syrian society has been suffering from a patriarchal structure from which not only women were suffering from it, but also the poor compared to the rich and the minority compared to the majority. And the Syrian revolution, although shifted into a brutal war, in its roots, it is a revolution that aims to social change in as much as political change. This aspired social change in contrasts to the old patriarchal social structure that prevailed before the demonstrations was one of the reasons to initiate the demonstration. However, casting aside patriarchal structure, changing gender roles and the social dynamics is a very long process that will last for long time. 7 I will attempt in this thesis to discuss the effects of the patriarchal structure on the identity and experiences on women refugees in Syria. I will use the radical feminism approach which focuses on patriarchy and link it to the humanitarian field. I will also use the theoretical perspective to construct a set of questions for the interviews with female and male refugees in order to find out empirically how the patriarchal structure in Syria affected the Syrian women as both participants in the demonstrations and as refugees. 1.2 Research Process 1.2.1
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